UAE: Emirati women power nation’s sustainable development, lead way to Net Zero by 2050

UAE: Emirati women power nation’s sustainable development, lead way to Net Zero by 2050

The Barakah Plant today has around 4,000 employees, with 20 per cent women

Published: Sat 27 Aug 2022, 2:32 PM

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and its operations and maintenance subsidiary Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) have praised Emirati women for being at the forefront of the UAE’s nuclear energy sector. ENEC said Saturday that women have made significant contributions to achieving the Nation’s Net Zero by 2050 target.

Emirati Women's Day, launched in 2015 by Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi, the Mother of the Nation, falls on August 28 every year. This year’s theme 'Inspiring Reality... Sustainable Future', celebrates women’s inspirational role in society and contributions to enhancing sustainability across many sectors.

ENEC and Nawah have empowered women within the UAE program since the start, said ENEC. The Barakah Plant today has around 4,000 employees, with 20 per cent women. As the largest source of clean electricity in the region, Barakah is realizing the vision of the UAE’s Leadership for a clean and sustainable energy future. Units 3 and 4 will join Units 1 and 2 in becoming operational and in total will generate up to a quarter of the UAE’s electricity needs by 2025.

“It fills me with pride every day knowing that